Jo’s orchestral piece “Illumielle” from his album “Elysium“, published by Position Music is featured in Summertime Entertainment’s “Legend of Oz” Theatrical Trailer
Click HERE to buy "Elysium"
"Lincoln" TV Spot
"The Rebirth" Project
The Rebirth is an independent initiative by Jo Blankenburg, Maya Haddi, Andy Fox and Nitish Raina to help the victims of the ongoing crisis in Syria.
All proceeds will be donated to the International Committee of the Red Cross for Syria.
The song was composed by Jo Blankenburg, featuring Maya Haddi’s voice. The composer drew inspiration from Andy Fox‘s photographs of Syria and Nitish Raina’s poetry.
"The Words" Trailer
"The Hunger Games" TV Spot
Jo’s orchestral piece “Apophis”, published by Immediate Music is featured in Lions Gate’s The Hunger Games marketing campaign.
"Assassin's Creed III" Trailer
"Elysium" Wins Best Album 2012
Jo Blankenburg’s latest album, Elysium, has been awarded the “Best Album of the Year 2012” by Reviews New Age.
Other nominees included “Illusions” by Thomas Bergersen, “The Piano” by Chad Lawson, “The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings OST” and many other wonderful albums.
Special thanks to Alejandro Clavijo, owner of Reviews New Age, for organizing the contest and also for all the wonderful work he’s been doing for the music community.
"The Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes" Featurette
Jo’s orchestral piece “Vendetta” from his album “Vendetta“, published by Position Music is featured in 20th Century Fox’s “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” marketing campaign.
"Elysium" Recording Sessions
A big thank you to Capellen Orchestra & Choir and Petr and Petra Pololanik for conducting three unforgettable days of recording Czech Republic’s finest musicians.
For this album Jo recorded an all-star ensemble of 14 brass players and a record-breaking 52-piece string section with 6 concertmasters in the first violins and three first chairs in all the other sections. Jo’s dear friend and amazing vocalist Felicia Farrere also performed besides boy vocalist Dominik Brychta.
Petr Pololanik was conducting
Elysium is available on:
iTunes and Amazon (digital download)
Bandcamp (high quality download)
You can watch a behind-the-scenes video below:
"Twilight - Breaking Dawn" Tv Spot
Jo’s orchestral piece “Vendetta” from his album “Vendetta“, published by Position Music is featured in Summit Entertainment’s “Twilight – Breaking Dawn” marketing campaign.
"The Human Experience" Soundtrack
The soundtrack to the multi-award winning documentary “The Human Experience” has been released on iTunes. A wonderful film and beautiful soundtrack that will hopefully inspire many people out there. A proud moment for Jo of being given the opportunity to contribute a piece of music which is called “Below The Surface”.
The soundtrack is available iTunes
"Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows" Tv Spot
Jo’s orchestral piece “Satorius” from his album “Vendetta“, published by Position Music is featured in Warner Brothers’ “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” marketing campaign:
"John Carter" Tv Spot
Jo’s orchestral piece “Conquest of Antaria” from his album “Vendetta“, published by Position Music is featured in Disney’s “John Carter” marketing campaign.
Music For "World Of Wearable Art"
Jo wrote the signature theme music for New Zealand’s internationally renowned and prestigious show event ” WOW – World of Wearable Art”.
The music was recorded in Rudolfinum’s Dvorak Hall which is one of Europe’s oldest concert halls. WOW is happening every year in Wellington, New Zealand, so make sure you get a chance to witness world’s top designers battle it out:
You can watch a bend-the-scenes video of the recording sessions here:
Here's a highlight reel of the 2011 show:
"X-Men First Class" Featurette
Jo’s orchestral piece “Dystopic” from his album “Vendetta“, published by Position Music is featured in 20th Century Fox’s X-Men First Class marketing campaign.
"How To Train Your Dragon" Official Trailer
Jo’s orchestral piece “Mythos”, published by Immediate Music is featured in Dreamworks’ “How to Train Your Dragon” marketing campaign:
"The Wolfman" Official Trailer
My orchestral piece “Mythos”, published by Immediate Music is featured in Universal Pictures’ “The Wolfman” marketing campaign:
"The Secret"
It has been an extraordinary experience for Jo to be working with the “The Secret” team on their latest video and visualization tool called “Planet Earth Forever”. The creative process and the custom scoring process of the three minute video clip unfolded just magically. The beautiful “The Secret” team and the stunning visuals of the clip triggered his inspiration and he came up with a piece for solo piano and and strings. The goal was to convey the fragility, sensitivity and grace of our mother earth, to raise awareness, and to hopefully touch everyone who watches the clip from deep within. A piano only version of the clip’s music is featured on my new album called “The Feather Dance“.
"OIL SPILL" Multimedia Project
“OIL SPILL – THE HUMAN UEBERFLUSS” is an artistic multimedia project created by Jo Blankenburg (music/video) and Andy Fox (photography/video) which is being premiered in association with the 61st Berlin International Film Festival from the 9th to the 20th of February 2011 in the Urania Event Centre in the Schöneberg district of Berlin. With this experiment involving 7 women from different backgrounds, the brothers aim to remind us of the great oil disasters through the “metaphorical equation of people with the oil-smeared birds”.
It’s only a few months since the latest oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in the early summer of 2010, but it seems virtually forgotten.Oil-clogged birds dying on the shoreline have long since become a symbol of the use of resources that is driven solely by commercial interests without proper regard for the environment. The sea-life has no chance of escaping from the sticky, black sludge. But how do young women from various backgrounds react to unexpectedly having an oil-like substance poured over them? Jo Blankenburg, composer and filmmaker and his brother, the photographer Andy Fox, whose surfing and outdoor photographs are published around the world, decided to try an experiment against oblivion.
The “OIL SPILL” art project
The “victims” were 7 young women hailing from different areas of the world. They weren’t told about the exact procedure of the experiment, nor with which liquid substance they were soon been confronted.
Dressed only in a bikini, they all lay on a white board in a pool. They were asked to contemplate the unknown with their eyes open, not to look away, and not to turn away. Nine litres of a black oil-like substance poured over their faces for four seconds. The brief flooding of their nostrils and mouths produced momentary horror and left them gasping for breath. The high-speed video and the stills cameras taking 500 pictures a second recorded every facial movement and every emotion that the women showed.
Jo Blankenburg says: “We wanted to use people as a metaphor for the birds that were affected by the oil. The intention of the project was only revealed at the end of the individual interviews with the women. The tension primarily lay therein to‚ “destroy” the seamless appearance of the young womens faces by the crude oil-like substance“ Andy Fox adds: “Both we and the women got a buzz from it. The women didn’t know what was coming. Behind the camera we were interested to see what facial expressions the participants would show us, or whether they would even lose control of their emotions.”